Glove



G. A. KURZ March 6, 1928.

GLOVE Filed March 25, 1927 Patented Mar. 6,1928.

UNITED STATES GUSTAVE AT KURZ, 0F ZANESVILL, OHIO.

GLOVE.

y Appiication filed March 23, 1927. semi No. 177,717.

This invention. relatesto hand coverings and more particularly to; a glove having an improved type of fourchette.

At theI present time it is customary to forni working gloves of leather, Vheavy canvas and other similar materials and the four# chattes are usually7 formed of the same type of material used for the remainder of the glove. rln some cases, the palm of a glove and the inner portions of the lin ger stalls are formed of leather and the fourchettes and back of the glove of canvas or other strong fabric. These gloves are rapidly made and when the fourchettes are sewed the seams often vary from an eighth to a quarter of an inch in widthr and in many instances are too close or too far from the margins of the fourchettes. Therefore, when the gloves are turned after being sewed, the finger stalls are either too large or too small and in many cases the strain exerted when turning the fingers will cause the fourchettes to be torn loose.

It is, therefore, one object of the present invention to provide a work glove having a fourchette formed of knitted fabric capable of being stretched transverselyv and, therefore, allow the finger stalls of a glove to be very easily turned after being sewedand also allow the finger stalls to fit properly when the glove is worn.

Another object of the invention is to so form the end portions of the fourchettes that when they are sewed to the front and rear portions of the finger stalls there will be no danger of the stitching not properly catching the ends of the fourchettes and thereby causing the ends of the lineer stalls to be left partially opened insteadE of entirely closed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein c f Figure l is a view showing a glove provided with the improved fourchettes;

F ig'. 2 is a. view taken transversely through the linger stalls of a glove and looking toward the body portion thereof.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through one finger stall on the line 2%*3 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged View of one of the improved fourchettes.

The glove constituting the subject-matter of this invention has been illustrated as a work glove and includes a body 1 having thumb and finger stalls 2 and 3 extending therefrom. The body portion of the glove sides, I employ fourchettes 6 each of which consists of' a strip of knitted fabric, the fabric being preferably provided with lon` gitudinally extending ribs, as clearly shown Vin Figs. 3 and 4, so that the fourchettes may he stretched transversely, as indicated bv dotted lines in Fig. 4, and thereby materially increase the diameter of a finger stall while a glove is being turned. It should also be noted that after the glove is turned the fourchettes will contract and return to their normal widths thereby again reducing the finger stalls to a. normal diameter and allowing them to fit properly upon the fingers of a person wearing the glove. Each fourchette is of a length corresponding to two of the finger stalls and has its end portions 7 rounded to provide reduced but blunt end portions instead of tapering to a point at each end. By this arrangement the four-` chette may be sewed to marginal edges of' the front and rear sections of adjacent linger stalls to close opposed side portions thereof and will not interfere with proper fit if a wide or narrow seam is formed by the operator. This is due to the fact that the fourchette is permitted to be expanded transversely and if a wide seam is formed a iinger passed into a linger stall when putting the glove on vwill merely cause the stall to be expanded and thereby allow the glove to fit comfortably upon the hand and not cause binding which would strain the glove. `After the fourchettes have been sewed to the front and rear sections of the stalls and to the palm and back portions of the glove in the crotch portions between the stalls, the glove may be very easily turned as the fourcliettes are stretchable transversely. After the glove has been turned, the fourchettes contract and return to the original width. Therefore, the glove may be easily and quickly turned without danger of tearing a fourchette or breaking the stitches securing it and when turned the glove will have very good fit upon either a large or a small hand. It should be further noted that since the ends of the fourchettes are rounded and blunt, as shown in Fig. 4, these end portions will overlap the ends of the front and rear sections of the nger stalls and .when these sections are sewed `together during making of the glove and the ends of the fourchettes sewed to themthere will be no danger of the operator missing an end portion of a fourchette and not properly securing it. 1t will, therefore, be apparent that I have provided a glove which may bedinanufactured without special care being exercised when forming thev seams and may be easily and quickly turned after beiner made Without danger of tearing the fourc iettes or ripping them loose.

Having thus claim: i

1. In a hand covering abody of relatively non-stretchable lmaterial havin stalls i extending therefrom, the sides of t ie stallsbeing closed Iby fourchettes formed of knitted material having longitudinally extending ribs whereby the.. fourchettes may be stretched transversely.

2. A handcovering comprising a body of relatively non-stretchable material having stalls extending therefrom, opposing sides of described the invention, I

adjacent stalls being closed by a continuous fourchetteformed of knitted material where by the fourchette may be stretched transversely.

3. A hand covering of relatively nonstretchable material comprising a thumb and finger stalls and having opposing sides of adjacent stalls closed by a continuous fourchette of stretchable knitted material, said fourchette being narrow and having its middle portion disposed at the crotch and its end portions extending along the sides and `projecting over the tips of adjacent stalls, the fourchette and the inner and the outer sides of the stalls being stitched along their marginal edges to form inwardly facing seams.

4. A hand coverin comprising a body of relatively non-strete iable material having a stall extending therefrom, and a fourchette for said stall formed of knitted material whereby the fourchette may be stretched transversely.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

GUSTAVE A. KURZ. lui.. s.) 

